If you’re like me, you have a huge pile of books to read.
However, as you are a oil/gas historian, you need to read “Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.” It tells extensively about John D’s dealings with the railroad and his use of pipelines for distributing his products.
John D understood early on that refining was merely one part of the process, and that distribution was even more important.
Pipelines or other oil/gas transportation projects have been at least half of my career.